Lt Bosone Wins Her Spurs in a Man's World
Lt Zilpha Bosone, first woman to serve with an 81st fighter-interceptor squadron at Selfridge, handles security and training duties while earning respect from male pilots. The 22 year old from Utah balances a budding music career with a pioneering role in the air force. She aims for an air attaché post in a Latin capital.
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Bosone
Selfridge ‘Air Force Base
Mich
INS
Selfidge Sire Force Base
WAF
Zilpha’ Bosone
Operations Air Force
Leutenant
Reva Heck Bosone
Utah
61St
Warren S. Patterson
Philadelphia
Richard B. Cross
St. Louis
Bos
Trinity College At
Washington
Postage Stamps Make Pretty Pix For Peter Janes
Peter Janes creates art from canceled postage stamps bought by the pound, depicting subjects like Ukrainian dancers and parrots. His works use stamps from around the world and have been shown at Chicago’s Century of Progress and Cleveland’s Great Lakes Exposition. Franklin D. Roosevelt reportedly owned one of his stamp pictures.
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Peter Janes
Phoenix, Ariz
NEA
Janes
U. S
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Average U S homes powered by twelve to fifteen motors
Lima Ohio report cites Westinghouse engineers estimating about 200 million motors in American homes. An urban home uses 12 to 15 units from tiny 1/250 horsepower record player motors to a 3 horsepower air conditioner motor. It notes furnace blower motors can reach 25 pounds.
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Lima
Ohio
Westinghouse
Crittenton Home Expands Role Beyond Shelter
The Florence Crittenton Homes, led by Virgil Payne, reformulate care for unmarried expectant mothers into psychiatric based treatment. The network operates 53 maternity homes in 28 states, aiding 4,640 women and 3,525 babies last year.
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Chicago
Florence Crittenton
Virgil Payne
Welfare Home For Women In Distress
Charles N. Crittenton
Crittenton
Florence
Bleecker Street
New York City
Florence Crittenton Homes Association leaders guide units
The Florence Crittenton Homes Association officers are community leaders guiding activity at individual homes. Mrs. Eugene Revelle of Denver served two years as the first national president. Mrs. C. C. Thorpe of Little Rock is the new president. In Akron the Kiwanis club sponsors the Florence Crittenton Maternity Home. They emphasize that good care discourages illegitimate pregnancy and aim to help unmarried pregnant women so it will never happen again.
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Crittenton
Sid
Robert Barrett
Washington, D.C
Kate Waller Barrett
Florance Crittenton Homes Association, Inc
Miss Payne
Community Chest
Council of
Columbia University
New York University
Crittenton Homes Association
Germany
UNRRA
Florence Crittenton Homes Association
Eugene Revelle
Denver
CC. H. Thorpe
Little Rock
Akron
Kiwanis Club
Florence Crittenton
Liverpool stadium refuses left wing Bevan mass meeting
Directors of the Liver pool stadium refused to rent the 6,000 seat hall for a December 7 mass meeting featuring left wing Labourite Aneurin Bevan. Howell James of the Liverpool Cooperative Society said opponents protest the attack on speech. Stadium director Eeolin Best confirmed the refusal and declined to comment. The report also notes soil conditions on Eniwetok.
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Liverpool
England
Aneurin Bevan
Howell James
of Liverpool Cooperative Society
Eeolin Best
Electric Locomotives Could Supplant Diesels in Railroads
Electric locomotives drawing power from transmission lines may replace diesel units due to overall economy. Inexpensive power and new electric engine developments could revive railroad electrification for both dense and light traffic lines.
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New York
College Diplomas Referred To As Sheepskins Explained
The National Geographic Society notes that the historic parchment diplomas replaced by modern paper or parchment-like sheets reflect a long tradition. Today most diplomas use authentic parchment or paper designed to resemble it, moving beyond the old term sheepskin.
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Tor Department
Washington
National Geographic Society
Career ambassadors among Pakistan envoys
Out of 20 ambassadors now serving Pakistan in foreign countries, only three are classed as career men. The rest are political appointees or non-career officials, reflecting the country's diplomatic staffing pattern. The report highlights limits on professional diplomacy abroad.
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Pakistan
Iran Children Send Gift Boxes to Linn County Kids
Iran youngsters display gifts sent to Linn county children as thanks for Junior Red Cross boxes. The Cedar Rapids library hosts a show of Iranian made and handmade items along with letters from the Iranian Red Lion and Sun.
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Iran
Linn
Linn County
Red Cross
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Cedar Rapids
Municipal taxes in large cities average 61 per person
Washington DC stood apart with the highest burden where the congress as tax body yields an average of 128.61 per person. The Chamber of Commerce of the United States reports that in 41 cities with 250000 or more population the average tax per resident was 61. The District of Columbia carried the top rate at 128.61 per person.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Congress
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Pakistan to Switch to Career Diplomats
Pakistan will replace politicians with career diplomats for future ambassadorial posts abroad. An official gazette announced the creation of a new foreign service to build a permanent corps of overseas representatives.
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KARAC
Pakistan
Pakistan Foreign Service
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